Suspected political thugs have reportedly shot a police officer simply identified as Inspector Peter in the early hours of Sunday, leaving many others also wounded.
Peter was shot when the hoodlums attacked officials of Independent National Electoral Commission at a collation centre in Yewa-North Local Government Area of Ogun State.
It was gathered that the victim was among the security personnel drafted to guard the INEC’s collation centre at Ketu College in Igan-Alade area of Eggua Ward in Yewa-North LGA.
The thugs were said to have laid an ambush at the college for the INEC officials who were in possession of the results and other materials, including thumb-printed ballot papers for the governorship and state House of Assembly elections held in the area.
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Just as the INEC officials started announcing the results, the hoodlums, armed with guns, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons, invaded the centre, shooting directly at the INEC officials, some party agents and the security men present.
Findings, however, revealed that the hoodlums were chased by soldiers, who managed to retrieve the ballot boxes and materials snatched.
The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital.